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[hr100] Re: Drinking water along the course

... here is yet another response about the drinking water topic. I was hesitant to drink from the streams at first but upon hearing from a number of people

Message 1 of 11
, Feb 26, 2000

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Blake P. Wood wrote:

> Duncan - There is plenty of water on the course, except over
> some of the high passes. I'd guess that the longest you could
> be away from a stream of water is 2 hours. Either a filter
> bottle or iodine will work fine. I've always used the
> latter. Matt Mahoney will probably tell you that he doesn't
> bother to treat the water at all, but I'm not as brave as him.
>
> - Blake
>
> Blake P. Wood
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> Los Alamos Nat'l Lab, Los Alamos NM 87545
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> At 02:16 PM 2/24/00 -0700, Duncan Orr wrote:
> What's the scoop on drinking water along the course? Is it
> important to carry all water as in most other 100's or are there
> enough safe creeks that we do not have to carry as much? Are
> there creeks most everywhere? Do runners carry filters? Any
> insight would be appreciated.
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here is yet another response about the drinking water topic. I was
hesitant to drink from the streams at first but upon hearing from a number
of people who suffered no ill effect from it , I give it a go. It was nice
to only have to carry two bottles. Iwas selective where I filled up
choosing to use smaller side streams in the canyons coming off of slopes
where even ultrarunners haven't been. This made it easy to stay very
hydrated through the entire course. Besides if you should get giardia you
can take a pill for it and get over it. If you DNF due to dehydration
complications thats gonna be a lot harder to get over as a lot of us can
attest to.

Michael A. Farris

... Giardia seems to affect people quite differently. Some are totally unaffected, others can become extremely ill. Drugs can help, but won t cure it. If

Message 2 of 11
, Feb 29, 2000

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Jan wrote:

> Besides if you should get giardia you can take a pill for it and
>get over it.

Giardia seems to affect people quite differently. Some are totally
unaffected, others can become extremely ill. Drugs can help, but
won't cure it. If you've seen somebody with severe Giardia problems
you will think twice before drinking untreated water. I have no idea
if people show variable sensitivity to Cryptosporidium. As pointed
out, you can't develop resistance to Giardia or Crypto.

My strategy is to only drink clean water prior to the race, then use
untreated water during the race only when necessary. See for more
info:

... Many years ago (12) i spent 49 days trekking and fighting stomach ailments in Nepal. One night in Lukla, my room mate decided enough. Instead of putting me

Message 3 of 11
, Feb 29, 2000

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At 09:09 AM 2/29/00 -0600, you wrote:

>Jan wrote:
>
>> Besides if you should get giardia you can take a pill for it and
>>get over it.
>
>Giardia seems to affect people quite differently. Some are totally
>unaffected, others can become extremely ill. Drugs can help, but
>won't cure it.

Many years ago (12) i spent 49 days trekking and fighting stomach ailments
in Nepal. One night in Lukla, my room mate decided enough. Instead of
putting me out of my misery, he gave me a Swiss drug Tinabar. One dose
cured 5.5 weeks of dysentary. I don't know if it is available in the US.
Flagyl is/was a drug available for treating Giardia. That drug took 2 weeks
to cure me in the US. Stay away from untested sources, treat the water
or take the cure.

Flagyl has cured my giardia but rough stuff and no booze with it. Try Citricidal a grapefruit seed extract from Nutribiotic which works also two other

Message 4 of 11
, Feb 29, 2000

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Flagyl has cured my giardia but rough stuff and no booze with it. Try
Citricidal a grapefruit seed extract from Nutribiotic which works also two
other possibilities that I haven't used but would consider since they have
been reported to cure giardia: Oliveleaf extract (16% or more oleuropin) and
colostrum.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chip Tuthill <chiptrnr@...>
To: hr100@egroups.com <hr100@egroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 5:51 PM
Subject: [hr100] Re: Drinking water along the course

>At 09:09 AM 2/29/00 -0600, you wrote:
>>Jan wrote:
>>
>>> Besides if you should get giardia you can take a pill for it and
>>>get over it.
>>
>>Giardia seems to affect people quite differently. Some are totally
>>unaffected, others can become extremely ill. Drugs can help, but
>>won't cure it.
>
>Many years ago (12) i spent 49 days trekking and fighting stomach ailments
>in Nepal. One night in Lukla, my room mate decided enough. Instead of
>putting me out of my misery, he gave me a Swiss drug Tinabar. One dose
>cured 5.5 weeks of dysentary. I don't know if it is available in the US.
>Flagyl is/was a drug available for treating Giardia. That drug took 2 weeks
>to cure me in the US. Stay away from untested sources, treat the water
>or take the cure.
>
>chip tuthill
>
>
>>My strategy is to only drink clean water prior to the race, then use
>>untreated water during the race only when necessary. See for more
>>info:
>>
>>http://www.fc.net/~tdeagan/water/one.html
>
>
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